Looking Back

1 Samuel 17:34-37
But David said to Saul, "Your servant has been
keeping his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear
came and carried off a sheep from the flock, [35] I
went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from
its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its
hair, struck it and killed it. [36] Your servant has
killed both the lion and the bear; this
uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them,
because he has defied the armies of the living
God. [37] The Lord who delivered me from the
paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will
deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.“ Saul
said to David, "Go, and the Lord be with you."

1 Peter 2:5
You also, like living stones, are
being built into a spiritual
house to be a holy
priesthood, offering spiritual
sacrifices acceptable to God
through Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 4:16
From him the whole body, joined
and held together by every
supporting ligament, grows
and builds itself up in love, as
each part does its work.

Three Reasons David
Looked Back

1. To rehearse the victories

2. To report the source

1 Samuel 17:37
The Lord who delivered me
from the paw of the lion
and the paw of the bear
will deliver me from the
hand of this Philistine."

3. To reflect with Thanksgiving

1 Samuel 17:45-47
David said to the Philistine, "You come against me
with sword and spear and javelin, but I come
against you in the name of the Lord Almighty,
the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have
defied. [46] This day the Lord will hand you over
to me, and I'll strike you down and cut off your
head. Today I will give the carcasses of the
Philistine army to the birds of the air and the
beasts of the earth, and the whole world will
know that there is a God in Israel. [47] All those
gathered here will know that it is not by sword or
spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the
Lord's, and he will give all of you into our
hands."